in reply to Simple perl virus PoC

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Re^2: Simple perl virus
by ww (Archbishop) on Apr 09, 2008 at 14:42 UTC
    I haven't checked the code in the OP carefully, but if it acts as (and only as) OP wrote, would you have such a strong reaction were it entitled with something like "Modifying scripts en masse?"

    Sorry, --, for what seems (obviously, you mileage varies, and you're entitled to that opinion) an excess of outrage.

      ... would you have such a strong reaction were it entitled with something like "Modifying scripts en masse?"

      No I would not, but that is not what it is entitled, and the OP specifically says

      The code is obfuscated to make it harder to recognize

      But yeah MMMV, but I see no reason to encourage stuff like this to be posted here. If the OP wants to change his post title to something a little more appropriate then I would be much less "outraged" (although truth be told, I was only really "annoyed", the "outrage" is just the "internet amplifier" working to my disadvantage).

      -stvn
        Added PoC to the title to show that this is just a proof of concept. Happy now? The virus in its current form would be terribly impractical anyway. One does not have to be a cracker or script kiddie to be interested in viruses. A cracker would have added a destructive payload to the virus, and a script kiddie wouldn't write a virus at all, but use someone else's.